Previous flag (1998-2004)

(This page
shows an image of the flag in a quite unusual way: the actual image contains
only the emblem, being the 2:3 white background made by an HTML table around
it.)
The emblem is describable as a coat of arms: Per pale azure a sun or and vert
three houses argent lined or per pale, on a pale gules the lettering
"ᡄᠯᡄᠰᡐᡉᡉ᠅" (mongol
script for "Elestüü⁘"); for crown a buddhist pagoda roof gules
charged with a lotus (as on the republic’s flag)
argent lined or above the lettering "ЭЛСТ ·
ЭЛИСТА" (cyrillic script for
"Êlst · Êlista"); all edges of the crown and shield,
including the fess’s edges, lined or.António Martins and Lewis Nowitz, 12 Nov 2005,
and Andrew West, 10 Jun 2007